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This little pamphlet contains items of information with 
which it is thought the cursory, as well as frequent, visitor to 
the Capitol would desire to make himself acquainted. 

The following, might be characterized as its Table of 
Contents : 

First, A short general description of the United States' 
Senate Chamber. 

Second, Some information about the picture " The Storming 
of Chapultepec," by Walker, hanging above the landing of the 
grand Western staircase in the Senate extension of the Capitol. 

Third, "Diagrams of the floors of the Senate and Ilouse of 
Representatives,"' with a list of members — so arranged that the 
seat of any member may be readily found. 

The endeavor has been made to simplify as much as possi^e 
the ascertaining of the seat of a particular member; and pain, 
have also been taken to make the list accurate. 

Fourth, A concise description of the Hall of the House- of 
Representatives. 

And Fifth, A description of Leutze's picture of •' Western 
Emigration," that occupies the wall on the Western staircase, 
in the Hall extension of the Capitol. 

The pages of this pamphlet are taken from a work, now in 
press, entitled " The Federal City ; or Ins and Abouts of Wash- 
ington: " designed to be published in eight numbers, of a. 
hundred pages each. The first number was issued early in 
1865. 



* Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by the Author, in the Clerk's 
oiiice of the District Court of the District of Columbia. 



T IT E F E D E R A L CITY. 
THE S E N A T E C II A M B E R 

Occupies the centre of the North extension of the Capitol. 

Its entrance from the inside of the building is at the end of a 
long corridor extending north from the Rotunda. 

The main entrance from the outside is by the North Eastern 
Portico, through a spacious marble vestibule adorned with 
fluted columns, whose capitals are beautifully foliated with 
tobacco and acanthus leaves. The walls of this vestibule on 
either side have sunken niches for statuary. 

The Senate chamber is surrounded by corridors, which sep- 
arate it from committee and other rooms ranged around the 
outer walls of this portion of the building. 

The chamber is a parallelogram 112 feet long and 82 feet 
wide. Its height is 36 feet. A cushioned gallery capable of 
seating a thousand persons surrounds it, which is reached by 
two magnificent marble staircases, ascending from the east and 
west corridors. A section of the gallery in front of the Vice 
President's desk is reserved for the diplomatic corps and for the 
families of the President, Vice President, and cabinet ministers. 
Above but behind the Vice President's seat a portion of the 
gallery is appropriated to the reporters of the pr< 

The secretary of the Senate and his assistants occupy a long 
desk in front of the chair, and below this desk sit the special 
reporters of the debates. The seats of the Senators are ranged 
in three semicircular rows fronting the Vice President's chair, 
each seat having a desk in front of it. 

The ceiling is of cast iron, with deep panels, and painted 
glass sky-lights, ornamented in the richest style. The designs 
of the paintings are typical of national progress. The iron 
work is bronzed and gilded, and the walls are richly painted in 
harmonizing colors. 

The spaee under the galleries is partitioned off into small 
apartments, such as cloak ami wash rooms, and the area of the 
r is diminished to that extent. It is about 83 feet long, and 
51 feet wide. 

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T TT E F E D E R A L CI T Y . 

■ :■ E P1CTU8 E F T II E " S T R M I N G F 
C H A P U L T E 1' E C . " 

At the foot of the white marble staircase that ascends from 
i he Western corridor of the Senate, stands a statue of John 
Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, by Stone.* 

Fronting this statue, but above tire landing of the staircase, 
hangs the line painting on canvas of the ''Storming of Chapul- 
tepec," by Walker. It was originally intended for the Room 
of the Committee on Military Affairs, and is of the same shape, 
though somewhat larger, as the frescoed panels in that elabor- 
ately adorned room. The top of the picture describes an ex- 
tended semicircle. The cost of this painting was $6,000, 

The Castle of Chapultepec, a Mexican fortress, was stormed 
by the .Americans, under General Scott, Sept. 13, 1847. Our 
army, proceeding from victory to victory, had defeated the 
enemy in five pitched battles, and now lay under the walls of 
the city of Mexico. This ancient city lies in the centre of a 
plain in which are numerous volcanic heights. On one of these, 
about two miles south west of the city, rose this strong castle, 
with a frontage of 900 feet heavily armed. It was held by Gen- 
eral Bravo, with a picked force ; and, at the time of the assault, 
was crowded with officers of rank, and students of the military 
academy of which it was also the seat. The position was dim 
cult of attack and easy to be defended. 

The plan of operations was this : General Pillow was to as- 
sault it on its west side ; General Quitman on the opposite, or 
south east side : while the reserve, under General Worth, was to 
gain the north side. At the base of the hill Pillow was disa- 
bled, and Genera] Cadwallader took command. 

Amid discharges of grape and musketry, that thinned their 
ranks, the Americans ascended the height. Without hesitation 
they charged and carried a strong redoubt that lay in their way, 
and drove the Mexicans from their guns into the castle. "In a 
moment the castle ditch was crossed, and the stormers planted 
their ladders on the wall. Many brave fellows were hurled 
down, but at length a lodgment was effected." 



The cost of ibis statue was $6,137 
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THE F E D E R A L CITY. 
P W E R s' S T A T D E F F R A N K L I X 

Stands in a niche at the foot of the staircase that leads to the 
Ladies' Gallery from the East corridor of the Senate. 

It is wonderfully grand. One becomes silent, and awed, 
gazing thus, as it were, face to face, on the great American 
philosopher and statesman. It seems no longer stone ; but a 
something of thought, of power. At times I have been startled 
while looking at it, by the thought — I am almost afraid to 
mention — that old Mr. Worldly Wiseman had walked out of 
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and was standing there instead. 

Franklin stands beside a tree's trunk rived by lightning — 
his elbow resting on it, and his hand gently pressed against 
his chin — his countenance indicating absorbed thought. 
The other hand is half inserted in the side pocket of his coat — 
such a coat as was the fashion in those days. The naturalness 
and ease of position is admirable. 

The hands are wonderful ; in them each vein is delicately 
visible, and they look so life-like that you are surprised they 
remain motionless, and do not change their position. All the 
details of the workmanship are carried out into the minutest 
particulars, and constantly excite astonished admiration. 

The cost of this statue was $10,000, the same as that of its 
companion one, of Jefferson, in the House Extension. 

With this work of Powers before us, the regret will arise, 
that his great " Statue of America " now in the artist's studio 
at Florence, is not sheltered underneath the roof of the Capitol. 
Grreenough speaking of it, has said, " It is not only a beautiful 
work of art; but 'breathes, smacks, and smells' of Repub- 
licanism and Union. If placed conspicuously in one of the 
ne\v r wings of the Capitol, it would be a monument of Union.'' 

A large painting by Rembrandt Peale, of "General Wash- 
ington, on horseback, giving orders to commence the entrench- 
ments before Yorktown, accompanied by La Fayette, Hamilton, 
Knox, Lincoln, and Rochambeau," hangs immediately opposite 
the statue of Franklin. It is not the property of government, 
although the Senate at one time voted $4,500 for its purchase. 

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LIST OF SENATE COMMITTEES 

OP 

THE FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



On Privileges and Elections. — Messrs. Morton, Rice, Carpenter, Logan, Hill, Thurman 

Anthony. 
On Foreign Relations. — 1 meron, Harlan, Morton, Patterson, Schurz, Hamlin, 

1 .'.-serly. 
Uh Finance. — Messrs. Sherman, Morrill of Vermont, Fenton, Scott, Ames, Wright, Bayard. 
"'i Appropriations. — Messrs. Cole, Sprague, Sawyer, Edmunds, Windom, West, Stevenson. 
On Commerce. — Messrs. Chandler, Corbett, Kellogg, Spencer, Buckingham. Conkling, 

Vickers. 
On Manufactures. — Messrs. Hamlin, Robertson. Sprague, Gilbert, Johnson. 
O/i Agriculture— Messrs. Frelinghuysen, Robertson, Lewis, Davis of West Virginia. 

Cragin. 
On Military Affairs — Messrs. Wilson, Cameron, Morton, Ames, Logan, West, Blair. 
On Naval Affairs. — Messrs. Cragin, Anthony, Nye, Osborn, Ferry of Michigan. Alcorn, 

Stockton. 
On the Judiciary. — Messrs. Trumbull, Edmunds, Conkling, Carpenter, Frelinghuysen, 

Pool, Thurman. 
On Post Offices and Post Roads. — Messrs. Ramsey. Pomeroy, Gilbert, Cole, Hamlin, Ferry 

of Michigan, Kelly. 
On Public Lands.- — Messrs. Pomeroy, Tipton, Osborn, Sprague, Windom, Logan. Casserly. 
On Private Land Claims. — Messrs. Davis of Kentucky, Ferry of Connecticut, Caldwell, 

Bayard, Blair. 
0<i Indian Affairs. — Messrs. Harlan, Corbett, Buckingham, Frelinghuysen, Wilson, Cald- 
well, Davis of Kentucky. 
On Pensions. — Messrs. Edmunds, Tipton, Pratt, Brovvnlovv, Hamilton of Texas, Logan, 

Saulsbury. 
On Ri volutionary Claims. — Messrs. Pool, Brownlow, Corbett, Hill, Norwood. 
On Claims. — Messrs. Howe, Scott, Pratt, Stewart, Boreman, Wright, Davis of West Virginia. 
On the District of Columbia — Messrs. Patterson, Sumner, Lewis", Spencer, Sawyer, Hitch- 
cock, Vickers. 
On Patents. — Messrs. Ferry of Connecticut, Carpenter, Morrill of Maine, Windom.. 

Hamilton of Maryland. 
On Public Buildings and Grounds. — Messrs. Morrill of Vermont, Trumbull, Sumner, Cole, 

Stockton. 
On Territories — Messrs. Nye, Cragin, Schurz, Boreman, Hitchcock, Clayton, Cooper. 

He Railroad — Messrs. Stewart, Ramsey, Harlan, Rice, Fenton, Scott, Kellogg, 

Hitchcock, Ferry of Michigan, Cooper, Kelly. 
On Mines and Mining. — Messrs. Rice, Chandler, Flanagan, Tipton, Caldwell. Alcorn. 

Saulsbury. 

On the Revision of the Laws of the United States. — Messrs. Conkling, Carpenter, Stewart, 
Wright, Hamilton oi Maryland. 

On Enrolled Bills. — Messrs. Carpenter, Lewis, Kelly. 

On Education and Labor. — Messrs. .Sawyer. Morrill of Vermont, Flanagan. Patter on 

Johnston. > 

On Investigation and Retrenchment. — Messrs. Buckingham, Pratt, Howe, Harlan, Stewart, 

rd, Casserly. 
To .Audit a>id Control the Contingent Expensei of the Senate. — Messrs. Fenton, Windom. 

Saulsbury. 
On Printing. — Messrs. Anthony, Howe, Casserly. 
On thi Library. — Messrs. Morrill of Maine, Howe, Sherman. 
On Engrossed Bills.— -Messrs. Buckingham, Clayton, Norw 1. 

SELECT COMMITTEES. 
vision of the Rules. — Messrs. Pomeroy, Edmunds, Bayard. 
On the Removal of Political Disabilities.— Messrs. Robertson, Boreman. Ames. Hamilton of 

Texas, Clayton, Vickers, Stevenson. 
On Ho e Mississippi River.— Messrs. Kellogg, Trumbull, Schurz, Alcorn. Blair. 

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.1X0. R. FRENCH, Sergeant-at-Arms. T. T. SCOTT. 

wm. j. Mcdonald, chief clerk. jas. i. christie 

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Seats oj Senators. 

W. G. Brownlow, Tenn. 
.1. W. Flanagan, Texas. 
Fred. T. Frelinghuysen. X. J. 
Simon Cameron, Penn. 
Justin S. Morrill, Vt. 
II. 13. Anthony. R. I. 
G. F. Edmonds, Vt. 
S. C. Pomeroy, Kansas. 
J. VV. Patterson, N. H. 
( Diver P. Morton. Ind. 
Lot M. Morrill, Me. 
John Pool, N. C. 
II W. Corbett, Oregon 
Arthur I. Boreman, W. \ '.< . 
Phineas W. Hitchcock, Neb. 
T. J. Robertson, S. C. 
Jno. L. Alcorn, Miss. 



T. M. Norwood, ( 
Joshua Hill, Geo. 
J. R. West. La. 
John F. Lewis. Va. 

:•■ Vickers, Md. 
W. T. Hamilton, Md. 
John Scott, Penn. 
T. W. Osborn, Fla. 
Abijah Gilbert, Fla. 
William Sprague, R. I. 
John Sherman, Ohio. 
< lornelius -Cole, Cal. 
Roscoe Conkling, X. V 
H. Hamlin, V 
Timothy 0. Howe \\ is. 
Henry Wilson, Mi 
Carl Scliurz, Mo. 
Lvman Trumbull, 111. 



Sectti oj Senators. 

I Irris S. Kerry, Conn. 

38 James Harlan, Iowa. 

39 William A. Buckingham, Conn 

40 Thomas W. Tipton, Neb. 

41 George G. Wright, Iowa. 

42 Alexander Caldwell, Kans is. 
42.1 Powell Clayton, Ark. 

43 Morgan C. Hamilton, Texas. 
433 T. W. Ferry, Mich. 

41 William Windom Minn. 

45 John A. Logan, 111. 

4G Adelbert Ames, Miss. 

47 D. D. Pratt. Ind. 

4s Alex. Ramsey, Minn. 

49 Zachariah Chandler, Mich. 

50 R. F. Rice, Ark. 

51 James W. Nye, Nevada. 

52 Charles Sumner, Mass. 

53 W. P. Kellogg, La. 

5 1 Reuben E. Fen ton, X. Y. 

55 Aaron II. Cragin, N. H. 

56 Matthew H. Carpenter, Wis, 

57 W. M. Stewart, Nevada. 

58 George E. Spencer, Ala. 

59 F. A. Sawyer, S. C. 

60 A. G. Thurman, Ohio. 

61 Garrett Davis. Kv. 

G2 Thomas F. Bayard, Del. 

63 Eugene Casserly, Cal. 

64 John P. Stockton. X. J. 

65 Eli Saulsbury, Del. 

66 Francis P. Blair, Jr., Mo. 

67 John W. Johnston, Va. 

68 James K. Kelly. Oregon. 

69 John W. Stevenson, Kv. 

70 Henry G. Davis. W. Va. 

71 Henri ( looper, Tenn. 



DIAGRAM OF THE FLOOR OF THE HALL. 




OFFICEK8 AiNX> M iS M Kl^ItS 



House of Representatives of the Forty-Second Congress. 



• JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine, Speaker, 
1, D. D., Chaplain. I N. (4. ORDWAY, Sergeant-at-Arms. 

'ills s. BUXTON, Doorkeeper. 



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1 Josiah 'J'. Walls, Florida. 

;.' Madison 31. Walden, Iowa. 

3 Philetus Sawyer \\ is. 

4 N. P. Banks, Mass. 

5 Norton P. < Ihipman, D. C. 
o Mill i, N. Y. 

7 James ( '. McGrew, W. Va. 

I. SI i 'iiiu'. I !onn. 

9 Charles H. Porter, Va. 

Id Oliver P i dei \rk. 

11 Glenni W. Scofield, Mass. 

12 John B. Hay, 111. 

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13 '.I. L. Morphis. 

14 Horace Mavnard, Tenn. 
lo John I-".. See'lev, A. Y. 

Lii Jami s M. Pendleton, R. I. 

17 Jen miah M. Wilson, lud. 

18 Samn 'i S. Burdett, Mo. 

1!) William H. 11. Stowell, Va. 
mar L). Conger, Mich. 

20 "\l. !;. Bmler, Tenn. 

21 J. M. Rainey, S. C. 

22 llonr-,' Snapp, 111. 
22}^ Freeman Clarke, N. V. 

Henry Waldron, Mich. 

24 < le'orgi W. Mel a try, Iowa. 

25 Jo - 111. 

in J. Averill, Minn. 
27 William P. Spragne, Ohio. 

23 Charles B Farwell, 111. 
30 O. J. Dickey. Pa. 

3t Washington l"o\vnsend, Pa. 

illiam 1'. Frye, Maine. 
33 Harrison E. Hti ,-eus, Mo. 



Lazarus D. Shoemaker, Pa. 

d C. Harrier, Pa. 
Ji >hn B. Packer, Pa. 

ii ii. I longhton, Cal. 
i lol. Ter. 
(.iin.a i Mass. 

,\. s. Wallae ■ 
Aaron i mt, Cal. 

Charles Hays. Ala. 
John W. Hazleton, N. J. 
II. 1!. SI 

Benjamin F. Butler, Mass. 
William E. Lansing, N. Y. 

iton, Mass. 
William A. Wheeler, N. Y. 

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William U. ICellev, Pa. 

Mich. 
John Taffe, Neb. 
Jasper Packard. Ind. 
Lo v. Kan. 
n in 'I'. Eames, R. I. 
Luke P. Poland. Vt. 



Seats of Members. 

5 -si's Mereur, Pa. 

58 George M. Brooks, Mass. 

59 S. W. Kellogg i lonn. 
00 Jacob A. Ami. lor. Pa. 

i John B. Hawley, 111. 

02 Frank W. Palmer, Iowa 

03 Charles W. Buckley, Ala. 
03* Avion R. Cotton, Iowa. 

■'I i homas .1 . Speer, I ia. 
64* Clinton L. Cobb, X. C. 
05 Gerry W. Hazleton, Wis. 
65* David P. Lowe. Ivan. 
i G Richard H. Whiteley, Ga. 
GO* Ebenezer McJunkin. Pa. 
(17 Henry W Barry, Miss. 
GS John W Killinger, Pa. 

William L Scoughton, Mich. 

70 Samuel Hooper, Mass. 

71 Jeremiah M . Rusk, Wis. 

72 John S. Bigby, < ia. 

To Henry L. 1 lawes, Mass. 

7 ! I 'liaiies R. Thomas, N. C. 

75 lames M i mroe, Ohio. 

70 William i .. Dnnnan, Iowa. 

77 James A I Jarfield, < >hio. 

78 Gustavus \. Finkelnburg, Mo. 
7a Charles W. Willard, Vt. 

80 William Williams. Ind. 

81 Erasmus D. Peck, Ohio. 

82 Worthins ton C. Smith. Vt. 

83 John T. Wilson, Ohio. 

84 Ellis U. Roberts N. Y. 

niton L. Merriam, N. Y. 
sn Charles Foster, ( duo. 

87 Allen Barher. Wis. 
87*.FJizur H. Prindle, N. Y. 

88 Wilder D Foster, Mich. 

88* William T. Jones, Wyoming T. 

89 William T. Clark, Texas. 
89* Walter L. Sessions, N. V. 

90 Bi nj. s. Turner, Ala. 

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'.ii Jackson I h-r, I >« a. 
:u ' Horace B. Smith, .\. Y. 
92 Jesse ii. Moore, III. 

. m Ii. Claggett, .Montana Ter. 
9 ! Job E. Stevenson, Ohio. 

91 John B< attj . ' 'lii-. 

95 Legrand W. Perce, Miss. 
05^ Eugene Halo. Maine. 
9G George E. Harris, Miss. 

97 John A. Peters, Maine 

98 James II. Piatt, Jr., Va. 

. Hill, N. J. 
100 Geo. I . MeKee, Miss. 
loi George I". Hoar, Mass. 
lOl&Sam i Sh ■!!. barger, I thio. 

102 .lim. Col. urn. Ind. 

103 .loan F. Farnsworth, 111. 



Seats of Members. 

104 Leonard Mvers, Pa. 

105 H. C. Burchard, 111. 
LOi Geo. A. Halsev, N. J. 

107 C. B. Darral), La. 

108 William H. Lamport. N. Y 

109 R. Holland Duell, N. Y. 

110 Frank Morey, La. 

111 Isaac C. Parker, Miss. 

112 J. H. Sypher, La. 

113 Mark H. Dunnell, Minn. 

114 Alvah Crocker, Mass. 

115 Jno. P. C. Shanks, Ind. 
lie, Thomas Boles, Ark. 

117 Aaron F. Perry, Ohio. 

118 Jno. V. Creely, Pa. 

119 Andrew King. Mo. 

120 Ellery A Hibbard, N. H. 

121 Edward Y. Rice, 111. 

122 John Lynch, Me. 
12:} James Brooks, N. Y. 

121 Lewis D. Campbell, Ohio. 

125 Clarkson N. Potter, N. Y. 

126 W. H. Hani urn. Conn. 

127 John M. Carroll, N. Y. 

128 John M. Crebs, 111. 
12'J Fernando Wood. N. V. 

130 James R. McCormick, Mo. 

131 Erastus Wells, Mo. 

132 Boyd Winchester, Ky. 

133 Edward Grassland, Ky. 

134 Seth Wakeman, N. 5 . 

133 Jabez G. Sutherland, Mich. 

L3G John M. Rice. Kv. 

136&M. K. Armstrong", Dakota T. 

137 '1 hompsoh \V. MoNeely, 111. 

138 George M. Adams. Ky. 

139 Dwight Townsend, N. Y. 

140 James S. Negley, I'a. 

141 John Criteher, Va. 

142 J. M.Coghlan, Cal. 

143 

ill \\ Llliam B. Read, Ky. 

145 W ash. c. Whitthorne, Tenn. 

L46 Samuel S. Cox, N. Y. 

1 !T \\ m. S. Holman, Ind. 

1 is Smith Ely, Jr., N.Y. 

1 19 Wm. E. Arthur, Ken. 

L50 Henry W. Slocum, N.Y. 

151 Michael C. Kerr, Ind. 

i - i rge W. Morgan, < >hio. 

153 I harles V, . Kendall, Nevada. 

m. \. B ill, N. H. 

: i lharles A. Eldridge, Wis. 

; : . ;' > . Ky. 

157 James H. Sinter, Oregon. 
i id, Pa 
obert 11. Roosevelt, X. Y. 

160 Lionel Allen Sheldon, La. 

161 Sam'l Griffith, Pa. 

162 Eli Perry, N. Y. 

163 H. W. Parker, N. H. 
M .hi". B. Stori 

Rich C. McCoi miek, Arizona T. 

165* 8. Garfielde, Wash. T. 

! rank Hereford, W. Va. 
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167 Joseph II. Lewis, Ky. 
KI7* A..M II, Wis. 

168 A braham E. < larrett, Tenn. 
168* Win. M. Merrick, Md. 

169 Sam'l a. Merritt, Idaho T. 
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Seats of Members. 

A. Comingo, Mo. 

John A. Bingham, Ohio. 
James M. Hanks. Ark. 
R. T. W. Duke Va. 
Wm.E. Niblaek, Ind. 
James B. Beck, Kv. 
Edward L. Golladay, Tenn. 
Wm. McClelland, Pa. 
Mahlon P. Manson, Ind. 
Wm. Terry, Va. 
John T. Bird, N. J. 
Alfred W. Waddell, N. C. 
J. Lawrence Getz. Pa. 
('has. X". Lamison, Ohio. 
Sam'l C. Forker, X. J. 
John F. McKinney, Ohio. 
John T. Harris. Va. 
Joseph M. Warren. X. V. 
Richard J. Haldeman, Pa. 
Jno. C Conner, Texas. 
Francis E. Shober, N. C. 
Wm. W. Vaughan, Tenn. 
W. F. Meyers, Pa. 
John M. Bright, Tenn. 



Daniel W. Voorhees, Ind. 
Roberl I-. Caldwell, Tenn. 
James C. Robinson, ill. 



Henry D. Foster, Pa. 

Arch. T. Me In tyre, Ga. 

Ritchie, Md. 
Oakes Ames, M 
Stevenson Archer, Md. 
Wm A. Handley, Ala. 
Joseph II. Sloss, Ala. 
Thomas Swann, Md. 
Philadelph Van Trump, Ohio. 
Sam'l J. Randall. Pa. 
Wm. S. Herndon. T< 

M. Du Bosi 
James < '. Harper, X C. 
.1 ise M. Gallegas. New Mexico. 
James i ■.. Blair, Mo. 
John J. Davis, W. Va. 
Sam'l s. Mar-hull. 111. 
W. P. Price, Ga. 
John Hancock. Texas. 
R. Milton Speer, Pa. 

James M. Leach, X. C. 
Ephraim L. Acker. Pa. 
Bradford N. Stevens, 111. 
Benj. T. Biggs, Del. 



Peter M. Dox, Ala. 
P. M. B. Young i 

M. Braxton, Va. 
Sam'l Hambleton. Md. 
John Rogers, X. Y. 



ph II. Tuthill, X. v. 
Thomas Kinsella. X. Y. 



STA NDLNG AND SELECT COMMITTEES 

OF 

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OF 

THE FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. 



tions. — Messrs. MeCrary, Iowa ; Hoar, Mass.; Thomas, N. C; Perry, Ohio ; Hazle- 
ton, Wis.; Eames, R. I.; Arthur, Ky.; Merrick, Md.; Rice, 111. 

On Ways and Means. — Messrs. Dawes. Mass.; Maynard, Tenn.; D. Kelley. Pa.; Brooks. 
X. V.: Finkelnburg, Mo.; Burehard, 111.; Roberts, N. Y.; Kerr, Ind.; Beck, 
Ky. 

On Appropriations.— Messrs. Garfield, Ohio; Sargent, Gal.; Dickey. Pa.; Clarke, X. Y.: 
Palmer, [owa : Hale, Me.; Niblack, Ind.; Marshall. 111.; Swann, Md. 

On Banking and Currency. — Messrs. Hooper, Mass.; Waldron, Mich.; Smith, Vt.; Farwell, 
111.: Monroe, Ohio; Merriam, N.Y.; Cox, N. Y.; Randall, Pa.; Dox, Ala. 

On Pacific Railroad. — Messrs. Wheeler. X. Y.; Buffinton, Mass.; Sypher, La.; Killinger. 
Pa.: Kellogg, Conn.: Beveridge, 111.: Houghton, Cal.; Averill, Minn.: Wells, Mo.: 
MeKinney, Ohio; Ely, jr., X. Y.; Harper, N. C; McHenry, Ky. 

On Claims. — Messrs. Blair, Mich.; Strong, Conn.: Buckley, Ala.; Holman, Ind.; Smith. 
N. Y.; Frye, Me.; Foster, Ohio; Harris, Va.; Foster, Pa. 

O/i Commerce. — Messrs. Shellabarger, Ohio; Sawyer, Wis.; Lynch, Me.; Conger, Mich.; 
Sheldon, La.; Negley.Pa.; Holman, Ind.; Hambleton, Md.; Townsend, N.Y. 

Lands. — Messrs. Ketchum, X. Y.: Townsend, Pa.; Hawlev. 111.: Stevenson, Ohio; 
Dunnell, Minn.; Rusk. Wis.; McCormick, Mo.; Ritchie, Md.; Slater, Oregon. 

OnthePo -Messrs. Farnsworth, 111.; Hill, N. J.; Twitchell, Mass.; 

Tyler, Ind.; Randall. Pa.: Porter. Va.; Houghton, Cal.: Van Trump, Ohio: I !ar- 
roll, N. Y. ' 

On Manufactures.— Messrs. Burdett,Mo.; Ames, Mass.: Upson, Ohio; Stowell, Va.; De La rye, 
S. C; Rice, Ky.: Rogers, X. Y.; Stevens, 111.; McClelland, Pa. 

On Agriculture. — Messrs. Wilson, Ohio; Hays, Ala.: Havens. Mo.; Lamport, X. Y.; Speer, 
Ga.; Hazelton, K. J.; Haldeman, Pa.; Garrett, Tenn.; Crossland, Ky. 

O i Indian Affairs.— Messrs. Shanks. Ind ; Burdett, Mo.; Smith, Ohio : Averill, Minn..- Cree- 
ly, Pa.; Edwards. ArR.; Adams, Ky.; Mitchell, Wis.; Williams, X. Y. 

On Military Affairs. — Messrs. CobHrn, Ind.; Stoughton, Mich.; Hay, 111.; Donnan, Iowa: 
Morey, Ln ; Harris. Miss.; Slocum, N. Y.; Campbell, Ohio ; Terry, Va. 

O/i tht Militia.— Messrs. Sheldon, La.; Sprague, Ohio; Twichell, Mass.: Walls, Fla.; Rusl . 
Wis.; Conner, Texas ; Blair, Mo.; Wker, Pa.; Tuthill, X. Y. 

For lit' District of Columbia. — Messrs. Starkweather, Conn.; Williams. Ind.; Poland, Vt.; 
Darrall, La.; Parmer, Pa.; Cotton, [owa; Eldridge, Wis.; Crebs, HI.; Roosevelt, 
N. Y.; Chipman, Dist. Columbia. 

On tin Judiciary. — Messrs. Bingham, Ohio; Butler. Mass.; Peters, Me.; Mercur, Pa.; Wil- 
- >n, Ind.; Goodrich, N. Y.: Eldridge, Wis.; Voorhees, Ind.; Potter, N. Y. 

On Revolutionary Claims.— Messrs. Wallace, S. C; Pendleton, R. I.: Prindle, X. Y.; Mc- 
Junkin. Pa.: Stowi II, Va.; Comingo, Mo.; Hancock, Texas; Handly, Ala.; For- 
ker. X. .1. 

On Pul i i Sawyer, Wis.; Strong, Conn.; Whiteley, Ga.; Lowe, Kan.: 

Foster, Mich.; Kinsella, N.Y.; Meyers, Pa.; Davis, W.Va.; Read, Ky. 

On Privati Land Claims. — Messrs. Mereur, Pa.; LTpson, Ohio; McGrew, W.Va.; Smith, 
X. V.; Coghlan, Cal.; Barber, Wis.; Haldeman, Pa.: Dell, X. H.; Bright, Trim. 

On Naval Affairs. — Messrs. Scofield, Pa.; Starkweather, Conn.: Ketcham, X. Y.; Hays, 
Ala.: Piatt, jr., Va.; Coghlan, Cal.; Archer, Md.: Sutherland, Mich.; Whit- 
I hi irne, Tenn. 



On Foreign Affairs.— Messrs. Banks, Mass.: Meyers, Pa.; Willard, Vt.; Ambler, Ohio; 

Duell, N. V.: Packard, Ind.; Wood, N. Y.; Morgan, Ohio; Robinson, 111. 
On Territories.— Messrs. Taffe, Neb.; McKee, Miss.; Prindle, N. Y.; Parker, Mo.; Lowe, 

Kan.; Shoemaker, Pa.; Barnum, Conn.; Vaughan, Tenn.; Hereford, W A a.; 

Chaffee, Col. 
On Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.— Messrs. Willard, Vt.; Porter, Va.; Eames, R. I. 

Cobb, N. C; Sprague, Ohio; Bice, K'y.; Forker, N. J.; Caldwell, 'lenn. 

< lomingo, Mo. 
On Invalid Pensions.— Messrs. Moore, 111.; Peck, Ohio; Wallace, S. C; McJunkin, Pa.; 

Wakeman, N. Y.; Turner, Ala.; Bird, X. J.; Manson, Ind.; Speer, Pa. 

On Railways and Canals.— Messrs. Packer, Pa.; Ames, Mass.; Halsey, N.. J.; Morphis, Miss.; 
" Snapp, HI.; John, N. Y.; Biggs, Del.; Winchester, Ky.; Lamison, Ohio. 

On Mines and Mining.— Messrs. Waldron, Mich.; Sargent, Cal.; Banks, Mass.; Smith. Vt.; 
Negley, Pa.; Sessions, N. V.: Shober, N. (J.; Young, Ga.; Kendall, Nevada. 

On Freedmen , s Affairs.— Messrs. Cobb. N. C; Brooks, Mass.; Butler, Tenn.; Seeley, N. Y.; 
Snyaer, Ark.; Rainey, S. C; Griffith, Pa.; Braxton, Va.; King, Mo. 

On Education and Labor. — Messrs. Perce, Miss.; Hoar, Mass.: Townsend, Pa.; Butler, Tenn., 
Dunnell, Minn.; Elliott, S. C; Storm, Pa.; Mclntyre, Ga.; Parker, N. H. 

Revision of Laws of the U. ,$.— Messrs. Butler, Mass.; Poland. Vt.; Ambler, Ohio; Lan 
N. Y.; Killinger, Pa.; Bigby, Ga.; Leach, N. C; Sherw I, Pa.; Sloss, Ala. 

On Coinage, Weights, and Measures. — Messrs. Kelly, Pa.: Hooper. Mass.; Beatty, Ohio; 
Stoughtun, Mich.; Critcher, Va.; Roberts, N. Y.; McNeeley, 111. 

On Patents— Messrs. Myers, Pa.; KellogL', Coiui.; Brooks, Mass.; Barry. Miss.; Waldeii, 
Iowa; Warren, N. Y.; Hibbard, N. H.; Golladay, Tenn.; DuBose, Ga. 

Oh Public Buildings and Grounds. — Messrs. Halsey, N. .).; Tyner, Ind,; Piatt, Jr., Va.; I irr, 
Iowa.'; Farwell, 111.; Sessions, N. Y.; Getz, Pa.; Wells, Mo.; Perry, N. Y. 

on Mileage. — Messrs. McGrew, W. Va.; 1 »arrall, La.; Hazelton, N. J.; Golladay, Tenn.: Blair. 
Mo. 

On Accounts. — Messrs. Bnffinton, Mass!; Sawyer, Wis.; Harris, Miss.: Archer, Md.; Lewis 
Ky. 

On £• : • State Dep. — Messrs. < longer, Mich.: Whiteley, Ga.; Havens. Mo.; Rogers, 

N. Y.; Meyers, Pa. 

On Expenditures in Treasury Dep. — Messrs. Lynch, Mann Sypher. La.: Hay, 111.; Barnum, 
Conn.; Kendall, Nevada. 

on Expenditures in War Dep. — Messrs. Williams, Ind.; Barber, Wis.: Snyder, Ark.; Ai I 
Pa.; Kinsella, N, Y. 

On Expenditures in Navy Dep. — Messrs. Kellogg, Conn.; Parker. Mo.; Hazelton, Wis.; Bi 
Del.; Tut lull, M. Y. 

On Expenditures in Post- Office Dep. — Messrs. Barry, Miss.; Harmer, Pa.; Bigby, Ga.; Rob- 
erts, N. Y.; Shober, N. C. 

On Expenditun in Interior Dept. — Messrs. Hill, N. J.; Smith, Ohio; Beveridge, 111.; 

Adams, Ky.: Conner, Texas. 

On Expenditures on Public Buildings — Messrs. Hawley, 111.; Morphis, Miss.: Shoemaker, 
Pa.; Wood, N. Y.; Luke, Va. 

On Rules.— The Speaker, Mass.; Banks, Mass.: Garfield, Ohio; Cox, N. Y.; Randall, Pa. 

Joint Committee on Printing. — Messrs. Beatty, Ohio; Pendleton. R. I.; Price, G i. 

Joint Commute, on the Library. — Messrs. Peters, Me.; Wheeler, N. Y.; Campbell, Ohio. 

Joint Committee on Enrolled Silts. — Messrs. Buckley, Ala.; Foster, Mich.: Bird, N. J. 

Toini Select Committee on the Insurrectionary States. — Messrs. Poland, Vt.; Maynard, Tenn.: 
Scofield, Pa.; Farnsworth, 111.; Coburn, Ind.; Stevenson < hio Butler, Mass.; 
Lansing, N. Y.; Cox, N. Y.; Peck, Ky.: Van Trump, Ohio ; Waddell, N. C; 
Robinson, 111.: Hanks, Ark. 

Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees. — Messrs. Morey, La.; Walden, Iowa; McKee, 
i l-etz, Pa.; Duke, Va. 

Select Committee on the Reorganization of the Civil Service of the United States.— Messrs. Kel- 
ley, Pa.; Hooper, Mass.; Conger, Mich.; Lynch, Me.; Perry Ohio; Willard, 
Vt.: W I. N. Y.; Marshall, 111.: Holman, Ind 



T IT E F E 1> E I! A I- CITY. 

T H E N E W 11 A l> I, F T 11 E 11 () U S E O F 

I' E I'l! E S E X T A T 1 V E s 

Is situated in the centre of the South extension of the Capitol. 

A corridor leads to it from the old Hall of the House, the 
entrance into which is through the pictured Bronze Door de- 
signed by Bogers. 

In general appearance it resembles the Senate chamber, but 
is larger, and somewhat more garish in its ornamentation. It 
has a gallery on its four sides capable of having crowded into 
it 1,500 persons. Sections of it are appropriated to the diplo- 
matic corps, and to the reporters of the press. The Hall has 
corridors running round it, outside of which are committee 
rooms and offices. The main entrance from the outside is 
through the vestibule of the grand South Eastern Portico. 

The Hall is 180 feet long, 93 feet wide, and 36 feet high. 
The ceiling is of iron, gilded and bronzed, and is supported by 
trusses from the roof. Its centre is panelled with glass — in 
each panel is magnificently painted the arms of a State or Ter- 
ritory; affording a sky-light calculated to make one's heart 
throb. The castings for the ceilings of both Houses of Con- 
gress was the work of Janes, Becbe & Co. 

"An arrangement of moveable metallic plates, on the princi- 
ple of Venitian blinds, is placed under the sunny sides of the 
respective roofs of the Senate and House, so that the same 
amount of light may be admitted all the time." At night both 
chambers are lighted by hundreds of jets of gas fixed above 
their sky-lights; the effect of this way of lighting is peculiarly 
soft and beautiful. 

Seats for the members, with desks in front of them, are ranged 
in successive semicircles facing the Speaker's desk. In front of 
the Speaker's desk sit the clerks of the House, and in front of 
them is the desk for the reporters of the government. Even- 
word that is uttered both in the Senate and the House is taken 
down in short hand and printed in the " Congressional Globe." 

As in the Senate, the space under the galleries is partitioned 
off, making the area of the floor 113 feet long and 07 feet wide. 

79 



THE F E I) E K A I. e 1 T Y . 

L E U T Z E ! S I' I C T U R E F " W E S T E R N 
E M I G R A T 1 O N ' ; 

Covers the whole extent of the wall above the first landing on 
the grand Western staircase that leads to the gallery of the 
House. The light falls on it from a sky-light in the roof. 

This picture arrests the attention of everj r visitor to the Cap- 
itol, and a mere description of it necessarily can convey but a 
feeble idea of its beauties to those who have not enjoyed 
the pleasure of seeing it. 

I will, however, try to describe the picture. 

A party of emigrants coming down the mountains are ap- 
proaching a gorge thr< >ugh which a view is seen — extending as 
an illimitable sea — of the desired land beyond. Smoke, as if 
from camp fires, or warm springs, is ascending, and birds wheel 
aloft in the air ; they are Eagles hovering over the unbroken 
expanse of virgin soil. The mountain tops are bathed in 
purple light. 

Away, far up, where rocks are piled upon rocks, as 'twere 
that veritable work of giants who made the futile attempt to 
scale the walls of Heaven, two men have climbed, and carry 
with them the glorious old Flag. They look tiny in the far- up 
distance, but you can see there, gleaming, overall, the "Stars 
and Stripes."' 

Just in front of the open gorge a, fallen tree impedes the 
further advance of the party. This, under the direction of the 
leader, who is on horseback, other men are engaged in removing. 

A family has climbed a pile of rocks, and are looking out 
eagerly to see the new home-land. A boy, a type of Young 
America, with his father's long rifle in his hand, standing erect, 
looking as indomitable as boy could look, cut out clear and 
distinct in the picture, is the foremost figure of the group. His 
sister and mother, sit on rocks or ground behind him, over 
which a buffalo robe has been spread. The girl's face is full 
of hope, and smiles play on her face and sparkle in her ryes. 
The mother looks pale, and patient, and as if she tried to feci 
hopeful. Eer hands are clasped, and a little baby is suckling 

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T IT E F E T> E R A L CI T Y . 

?it her breast. That mother's face, is. to me, one of the most 
beautiful faces I have ever seen in a picture. The father, a 
strong, stout man, endeavors to cheer her ; he is still behind, 
and points out with face of glowing hope the land where his 
own good arm shall win for them another home. 

A procession of men, and women, and children, representing 
all types of western emigrants, in various conditions of sick- 
ness and health, and of hope and despondency, seem to be 
moving, so lifedike are they painted, before the eyes of the 
looker on. 

Wagons, and oxen, and cows, and horses, with all accompa- 
niments of western emigration, are there, to the very life. 

One man has a fiddle, babies are in abundance, as well as 
irolicksome children of various ages ; a round, sleek negro face 
looks at you out of the picture, showing white teeth ; : — while, 
as glimpses of the opening view fall upon the faces of the 
pioneer men and women, they light, and glow, and seem almost 
to startle into life. 

Above the picture, in golden letters, is inscribed the words : 

"WESTWARD THE COURSE OF EMPIRE TAKES ITS WAY." 

Beneath, and detached from the main picture, yet, as it were 
hanging on to it, is a view of the " Golden Gate," at the 
entrance of the harbor of San Francisco Bay. 

An elaborate pictorial border* surrounds the picture, illustra- 
ting the advance of pioneer and civilized, over savage, life. It, 
of itself, would form a study, to take in all its teachings. 

On one side of this border, and contained in it, is a line 
portrait of Daniel Boone, and some distance below it are the 
lines : 

•• Tlif Spiril grows with its allotted Spaces: — 
The Mind is narrowed in a narrow Sphere." 

On the opposite side is a portrait of Captain William 
Clarke, and the lines : 

•'No pent up TJtica contracts our powers ; 
But the whole boundless Continent is ours." 

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THE FEDERAL CITY 

The general effect of this wall picture is different from that 
of usual frescoes. There is an absence of the fresh, garish 
look common to them, and from which the}^ deriye their name, 
and also a softer, richer, blending together of colors. The sur- 
face of the wall is rough, and intelligent travellers have told me 
that it made them think of the magnificent tapestries of 
Hampton Court Palace, once the property of Cardinal Wolsey, 
and which, with all its treasures of art, he made a present to 
his sovereign Henry VIII. 

The process of affixing it to the wall is termed Stereochrome, 
and is sometimes called "water-glass painting." "The wall is 
coated with a preparation of clean quartz sand mixed with the 
least possible quantity of lime ; and after the application of this 
the surface is scraped to remove the outer coating in contact 
with the atmosphere. It is then washed with a solution of 
silesia, soda, potash, and water. As the painter applies his col- 
ors, he moistens his work by squirting distilled water upon it. 
When finished it is washed over with the silesia solution. The 
picture also in its progress is washed with the same solution 
and the colors thus becoming incorporated in the flinty coating, 
the picture is rendered hard and durable as stone itself." 

Emanuel Leutze, the artist to whom we are indebted for this 
picture, was born in Giimd, Wurtemberg, May 24, 181 G. His 
parents emigrated during his infancy to America ami settled in 
Philadelphia. AVhen a little boy, and attending at the sick bed 
of his father, his talents for drawing were first displayed. He 
struggled manfully with adverse circumstances, and at last was 
enabled to return to Europe and there prosecute his artist 
labors, lie now resides in the United States.* He received 
from government lor this painting twenty thousand dollars. 

Mr. Leutze's first great picture, was that of "An Indian 
ing at the setting sun." Many of his pictures are illus- 
trative of American history: among them are "Washington 
crossing the Delaware," " Washington at Princeton," "News 
from Lexington," " Washington at the Battle of Monongahela," 
■ bantling of the Norsemen in America," etc., etc. 

Mr, Leutze died suddenly in Washington, D. ('., July 18, I8G8. s. D. W, 

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For Sale in the Capitol: 

®{je Jfrbtral Cifj; or, |ns mtb %huts of Islington: 

BIT S. ID. WYETH. 
Published by Gibson Brothers, 271 Pennsylvania Avenue. 



Opfaians of t!i© Pf©ss. 
Frcm the " Washington Chronicle." 

"We have from the publishers, 'The Federal City; or, Ins and Abouts of Wash- 
ington, by S. D. Wyeth,' and very checrfi.lly do we say of this brochure, that it is the 
very best we have ever read of the kind. If the wretched catch-penny publications about 
Washington and the Federal Capital could be collected and committed to the flames, it 
would be a public service; especially now, when the District of Columbia has entered 
upon a new career, and when everything written or done about it should be carefully 
written and thoughtfully done. These pages are evidently the work of a scholar. There 
is no bombast, and no straining for fine writing; but evident industry and a desire to be 
accurate. The type, paper, printing, etc., are indicative of a determination to make the 
work standard. We copy in our present issue, as a specimen of the descriptive powers 
of Mr. Wyeth, his sketch of the United States Senate." 

From the " National Intelligencer." 

"We have received the first number of 'The Federal City; or, Ins and Abouts 
of Washington, by S. D. Wyeth.' It is printed in large type, on fine paper, and 
liberally illustrated. 

"Trie author's style is clear and graceful, and he has given us, within a hundred pages, 
a vast amount of information — historical, statistical, and reflective — which will not 
only serve as an efficient guide for all visitors to the capital, but must be very valuable as 
a permanent work, for reference, for all time to come. The illustrations are beautifully 
executed, and a true taste is exhibited in making the three principal embellishments fine 
photographic views. 

" We have read this book with care, and are, therefore, prepared to pronounce it not 
only accurate, and hence instructive, but very pleasing, and to predict for it an extensive 
circulation; for, as it is recorded in the opening lines: 'The city of Washington is far 
dearer to the nation's heart now than it was before the breaking out of the rebellion. 
The treasure expended, and the blood spilled in its defence, have made it seem, to 
patriots, sacred as a shrine. "To want to know all about it" is a national longing, and 
to gratify this, in some degree, is the design of the present book.'" 
From the " Washington Evening Star." 

"'The Federal City; or, Ins and Abouts of Washington, by S. D. Wyeth,' is 
published in admirable style by Gibson Brothers. It is both readable and useful, con- 
taining a large amount of new material agreeably presented." 

From the "National Republican." 

"Mr. Wyeth, in the 'Federal City,' gives a description of everything of public 
interest in and about the city of Washington. The work will be an invaluable one both 
at home and abroad." 

From the "Sunday-School Times." 

"The first instalment of 'The Federal City,' 108 handsomely printed 8vo pages, 
gives promise of a work of considerable interest. Mr. Wyeth informs us it is to con- 
sist of the following parts: i. The Book of the Capitol; 2. The White House and 
its Inmates ; 3. Book of the Departments ; 4. Book of the Hospitals ; 5. Institutions 
of Benevolence, Learning, etc." 

From the "United States Service Magazine." 
"This is a work of practical value, useful to those who are going to Washington, as a 
Guide Book where and how to go about ; and very pleasant to those who have been 
there, by means of it to recall the truly beautiful and magnificent things the city contains." 

From the "Philadelphia Dispatch." 
"In the 'Federal City' Mr. Wyeth designs to thoroughly detail its history — from 
its original foundation down to the present time — describing its public buildings and public 
men, and giving a complete idea of what the city has been, and what it is. It is finely 
illustrated with photographs, engravings, maps, and diagrams. Mr. Wyeth has sterling 
abilities for this task : among them are patient industry, tact in making investigation, 
and a clear, scholarly, and lively style of narration. His book will become the standard 
historical authority in relation to all matters connected with the National Capital." 



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